—Ibn ʿAbbās said:
When Saʿd’s hand split open and the blood poured out, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went over to him and clasped him in his arms; the blood was spattering onto the Messenger’s face and beard until Saʿd breathed his last. (1)

ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUmar narrated from Maḥmūd ibn Labīd:
When the principal vein of Saʿd’s arm was struck and his condition worsened, they moved him to a woman called Rufaydah who used to treat the wounded. Whenever the Prophet ﷺ passed by he would ask, “How are you this evening? How are you this morning?” and Saʿd would tell him.
When the night came in which his people, seeing how heavy his illness had become, carried him to the quarters of the Banū ʿAbd al-Ashhal, the Messenger of Allah arrived and someone said, “They have already taken him—go after them.”
He set off, and we went out with him. He hurried so quickly that the straps of our sandals snapped and our cloaks fell from our shoulders. When his Companions complained of this he said, “I fear the angels may reach him before us and wash him just as they washed Ḥanzala.”

He reached the house while Saʿd was being washed and his mother was weeping over him, saying:
Woe to your mother, Saʿd—
Hazāmah and deepest grief!

He said, “Every mourner speaks untruth—except Saʿd’s mother.”

Then they brought the body out. The people said, “O Messenger of Allah, we have never carried a deceased person lighter upon us than him.”
He replied, “Why should he not be light when this many angels have descended—angels who had never come down before this day—and they are carrying him along with you.” (2)

Shuʿbah narrated from Simāk, who heard ʿAbd Allāh ibn Shaddād say:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered…"